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NEET 2025 entrance exam will be held online? Here’s what the high-level panel suggests

NEET 2025 entrance exam will be held online? Here’s what the high-level panel suggests

The Commission also suggested structural reforms within the NTA, including the hiring of additional permanent staff.

To combat malpractices and make national entrance examinations more secure and efficient, a committee headed by former ISRO chief K. Radhakrishnan has proposed several reforms, including shifting the examinations to online or hybrid format.

The committee was formed in response to public outrage following the leak of NEET-UG entrance exam papers earlier this year, which sparked widespread student protests against the National Testing Agency (NTA), which is responsible for conducting the exams.

For future exams, the board recommended a hybrid model, where possible, allowing digital access to the question paper while recording answers on paper. In particular, for medical school entrance examinations, the panel suggested implementing a multi-stage examination process. For the Common University Entrance Test (CUET), it has been advised to restrict subject selection to avoid dismissal of candidates who have already cleared the board exams.

The Commission also suggested structural reforms within the NTA, including the hiring of additional permanent staff.

The aim of the panel appointed by the government in July is to ensure the transparency, efficiency and fairness of examinations conducted by the NTA. On October 21, the Center asked the Supreme Court for two additional weeks to submit the panel’s final report.

Other members of the panel include former AIIMS Delhi director Randeep Guleria, Central University of Hyderabad vice-chancellor BJ Rao, IIT Madras professor emeritus K Ramamurthy, People Strong co-founder and board member of Karmayogi Bharat Pankaj Bansal, IIT Delhi dean of student affairs Aditya Mittal, and joint secretary of the Ministry Govind Jaiswal Environments. Members also included IIT Kanpur’s Amey Karkare, professor of computer science and engineering, and assistant professor Debapriya Roy.